I'm not sure what I pressed on my hard drive recorder remote control this evening. I was recording the Tour and watching it at the same time. I paused the coverage as it was being broadcast (that's what I really love about my hard drive recorder) and rewound it a bit, then I pressed something that stopped it recording, cleared the buffer on the broadcast coverage *and* returned me to the bit that was currently being broadcast.
In all I can't have missed more than a couple of minutes, but the very last bit that I recorded was one of the commentators saying that the US Postal team car had been relegated to the back of the procession. The recording cut out before he said why, so now DW and I are itching to know the reason.
Why has the US Postal team car been relegated to the back?
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Why has the US Postal team car been relegated to the back?
It nearly collided with a motorbike yesterday
Ian
Wasn't it cos it got between the bike and the rider? Something about a rule requiring the car not get between the two. Didn't hear it completely, but I'm watching today's taped, and I know they mentioned it (complete with footage of motorbike's gesticulations and pointing at the team car number).
It must have been quite a challenge driving up the Alpe d'Huez without knocking over any spectators, let alone keeping an eye out for the motorbikes as well. Not that that's any excuse.
-- Danny Colyer (the UK company has been laughed out of my reply address) <URL:http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/> "He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine
I'm not sure what I pressed on my hard drive recorder remote control this evening. I was recording the Tour and watching it at the same time. I paused the coverage as it was being broadcast (that's what I really love about my hard drive recorder) and rewound it a bit, then I pressed something that stopped it recording, cleared the buffer on the broadcast coverage *and* returned me to the bit that was currently being broadcast.
In all I can't have missed more than a couple of minutes, but the very last bit that I recorded was one of the commentators saying that the US Postal team car had been relegated to the back of the procession. The recording cut out before he said why, so now DW and I are itching to know the reason.
Why has the US Postal team car been relegated to the back?
-- Danny Colyer (the UK company has been laughed out of my reply address) <URL:http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/> "He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine
I'm not sure what I pressed on my hard drive recorder remote control this evening.
Quoted message said:
In all I can't have missed more than a couple of minutes, but the very last bit that I recorded was one of the commentators saying that the US Postal team car had been relegated to the back of the procession. The recording cut out before he said why, so now DW and I are itching to know the reason.
Why has the US Postal team car been relegated to the back?
Which starts: As a result of an "dangerous driving" in yesterday's l'Alpe d'Huez time trial, US Postal director Johan Bruyneel's car was relegated to the back of the caravan for today's stage 17. The race jury ruled that Bruyneel hindered a TV cameraman that was filming Armstrong near the start of the climb. But Bruyneel argued that he had a prior agreement to be there, and finally persuaded the jury to reinstate him at the front of the caravan before the start today.
As a result of an "dangerous driving" in yesterday's l'Alpe d'Huez time trial, US Postal director Johan Bruyneel's car was relegated to the back of the caravan for today's stage 17.
I'm not sure what I pressed on my hard drive recorder remote control this evening.
Quoted message said:
In all I can't have missed more than a couple of minutes, but the very last bit that I recorded was one of the commentators saying that the US Postal team car had been relegated to the back of the procession. The recording cut out before he said why, so now DW and I are itching to know the reason.
Why has the US Postal team car been relegated to the back?
Which starts: As a result of an "dangerous driving" in yesterday's l'Alpe d'Huez time trial, US Postal director Johan Bruyneel's car was relegated to the back of the caravan for today's stage 17. The race jury ruled that Bruyneel hindered a TV cameraman that was filming Armstrong near the start of the climb. But Bruyneel argued that he had a prior agreement to be there, and finally persuaded the jury to reinstate him at the front of the caravan before the start today.
John B
That's nothing! The Gerolsteiner decided to start the wrong way /down/ the mountain before the riders had finished coming /up/!
Which starts: As a result of an "dangerous driving" in yesterday's l'Alpe d'Huez time trial, US Postal director Johan Bruyneel's car was relegated to the back of the caravan for today's stage 17. The race jury ruled that Bruyneel hindered a TV cameraman that was filming Armstrong near the start of the climb. But Bruyneel argued that he had a prior agreement to be there, and finally persuaded the jury to reinstate him at the front of the caravan before the start today.
Bit OT
Hi John
Re: "There was an agreement before the race with Jean-Marie Leblanc and John Lelangue that for security reasons, I would go directly behind Lance until the barriers," Bruyneel explained to Cyclingnews today.
The commentators occasionally mention that one cannot get a true idea of the steepness of a slope on TV. I've often thought that a camera looking downhill, back from in front the rider, gives a far better impression of the severity of the more gnarly climbs.
